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W. F. DURALL.

A WASHING MACHINE. No. 258,033. Patented May 16,"188Z.

ATTORNEYS;

v UNITED STATES WILLIAM DURAI'JL,

' PATENT OFFICE.

OF BLANGHARD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELF AND JOHN D. KITE, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 258,033, dated May 16,1882. Application filed March 7,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. DURALL, of Blanchard,in the county ofPage and State I of Iowa, have invented a new and ImprovedWashing-Machine, of which the following'isa full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my new and improvedwashing-machine, and Fig.2 is a plan view thereof.

A A represent two metallic cylinders in which the water and clothing tobe washed are placed. These cylinders are connected to gether near thebottom by the pipe B, and near the top by the pipe B.

In the bottom of the cylinders A and A are placed the large wooden ballsO, and in the cylinders above the balls are placed the beaters oragitators l) D, which are adapted to be alternately reciprocated orraised and lowered in the cylinders by any suitable means.

The means I prefer to use for reciprocating the heaters D D consist ofthe rock-shaft E, walking-beam F, secured to the said rockshaft, and thestems G G of the beater, which are connected to the ends of thewalking-beam by the pins is it. The rock-shaft E is journaled above thecylinders A A and about miday between them, in the uprights H H, whichrise from the base-board or platform J upon which the cylinders aresupported, and it is provided with the hand-lever K, or similar meansfor easily and conveniently operating the machine.

The heaters D D are made of sheet metal and in the form of invertedfunnels, their great est diameter being somewhat less than the diameterof the cylinders, as indicated in the drawings and the stems G G of theheaters areformed with the seriesof holes 9 g, by which the heaters maybe -adjusted vertically. for washings of different sizes.

The upper ends of the uprights H11 are provided with the hinged caps hh, which form part of the boxes in which the rock-shaft E is journaled.These caps are locked in place for holding the rock-shaft in positionfor use by means of the pins 2' t", driven in the caps, and the hooks jj, pivoted in proper position to the edges of the uprights H H, as shownin the drawings, and the caps are adapted to be swung back upon theirhinges for .releasing the rock-shaft when it is desired to remove theshaft for removing the heaters from the cylinders A A.

In use the boaters D D are removed from and the balls 0 C placed in thecylinders A A. The water, soap, and clothing to be washed are thenplaced in the cylinders upon the balls, an equal amount of clothingbeing placed in each cylinder. The beaters are then to be placed in thecylinders and reciprocated by power applied to the lever K. The downmovement of the heaters will cause the water to rush in a stream orstrong current alternately from one cylinder to the other through thepipe B, and will compress and squeeze the clothes down in the bottom ofthe cylinder and upon the wooden balls, and at the same time carry aquantity of air down with them, which will prevent the clothing frombeing forced to the top of the heaters and will increase the pressureupon the clothes and assist in removing the dirt. The upward movement ofthe heaters will have a suction action in the cylinders and in the pipeB, which will tend to increase the force of the stream or currentthrough the pipe, and will tend to raise up and divide or separate thegarments under the beaters, putting the garments in the most favorableposition to receive the impact of the stream or current from the pipe13, and the balls being wooden will also be raised and will assist ortend to lift and divide the clothes, and will act to deflect the streamso as toincrease its cleansing effect upon the clothes, and so that theclothes will at each upward movement of the boaters rise to the top ofthe water in the cylinders, ready to be forced down in and through thebody of the water upon each down movement of the heaters. The halls havealso a pounding and rubbing or friction action upon the clothes. By thismeans it will be seen that in myim proved washin g-machine are combinedthe pressure, agitation, pounding, rubbing, andwater-impactprineip1es,rendering the machine very efficient and rapid inits action, and besides this the machine is very cheap and also.

ing a tubular connection, of a reciprocating beater or pounder and awooden ball in each cylinder, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with two heating or pounding devices, of the twocylinders A A, connected by an upper tube, B, aswell as by a lower tube,B, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The connected cylinders A A, funnelshaped heaters D D, wooden balls 0O, in combination with means for reciprocating the heaters,substantially as described.

WILLIAM F. DURALL.

Witnesses:

A. B. CAMPBELL, G. A. GATLIN.

